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Lili's POV

"I love you, Liliana Ava De Ville." He says with a soft smile and a longing look in his eyes as he caresses my cheek.

"I know." I grinned. "I love you, too, Ryder Blacc the Giraffe."

He gives me a devilish grin as he leans in to kiss me.

I respond to it immediately, both of us smiling in our kiss.

We pull away, chuckling.

"I'll never get tired of kissing you." He says, giving me a peck on my lips.

"Who wouldn't?" I grinned.

He wraps an arm around my waist and pulls me closer as we watch the sunset.

-•-

We walk out of Ryder's car and to my car.

I leaned against my car and stare at him as he stares at me, both of us with a smile dancing on our faces.

"See you tomorrow, I guess?" I say and he nods.

"Or I can sneak into your room again?" He suggests making me chuckle.

"Why not?" I smirk as he leans in to kiss me.

"I'll see you later." He says and I nod.

I got in my car and pulled the window down as I wave at him and he smiles.

"Drive safely." He says.

"You too." I say and speed out of the parking lot.

...

I snuck in the backdoor but unfortunately, my mum was sitting in the kitchen.

"Were you waiting for me?" I say feeling bad and she nods before ushering me to her.

I purse my lips and sat across from her.

"You don't talk to me anymore." She sighs and again I felt horrible.

"I'm sorry, mum. I just...I didn't mean to." I sigh, looking down.

"Talk to me. What's going on on your life? What happened last night?" She asks and I gulp.

"I...When I moved to England, I didn't change. As cringy as it sounds, I just found myself. I found my first love, too. But he died." I sighed.

My mum holds my hand and gives it a little squeeze.

"Well, atleast that's what I thought. He faked his own death to, I don't know, leave me or something. Now, a gang is out to kidnap or kill me and I'm dating a flipping gang leader who happens to be Kyle's bestfriend!" I blurt out.

Her eyes widen in shock as I mimick her expression once I've realised what I said.

"W-what? How the hell did I not know all of this?" She exclaims.

I shrug.

"Y-you. Are you talking about Ryder? Does Kyle know? Which gang wants to steal my foolish daughter?" My mum rambles.

I scoff but cover it up with a cough, knowing my mum's antics.

"Stupid Crushed Skulls." I say, a swear word slipping out.

"Those rascals." My mum glared at the marble countertop.

"You know them?" I ask and she nods.

"Well, kinda. But judging from your dad's comments and stories about them, I know they are as annoying pesky little things as they are said about." She huffs.

"I need to tell your dad about this. Who else knows?" She asks and I hesitate to answer. "I'll keep it a secret, I promise."

"Ryder. Don't tell anyone, especially Kyle." I say and she nods.

"Go get some sleep, sweetheart. I'm sorry you have to go through this. I won't say things will be okay but I know you'll be strong enough to handle anything that comes in your way." My mum smiles.

I smile back and give her a kiss on her cheek before we say our goodnights as I went to my room.

I shut the door behind me and sighed.

They know now.

I shook off the thought and grabbed my towel before heading for the shower.

...

I wrap my hair in a small towel and hopped out the door and I almost screamed when I saw a figure on the bed in my dark room.

"You giraffe, I thought there was a fucking ghost in my room." I said and calmed by racing heart.

He chuckles and stands up.

I roll my eyes and walked in my closet before getting sweats and a tank top.

I put them on and walked out, drying my hair.

"Let me help you." He said and took the towel from my hands as we sat on the bed.

"Did you lock the door?" I ask.

"Mhm." He hums.

"When are we gonna tell Kyle?" I ask, softly.

"Whenever we're ready." He replies, still drying my hair.

Once he was done and my hair was a little dry, we laid on my bed, cuddling.

He hugged my waist and my chin was on top of his head.

"My mum knows about us and the gang thing." I mutter.

"How did she take it?" He asks.

"Better than I thought she would've. She promised not to tell anyone about us but she will tell my dad about the gang thing." I said.

.

"I'm scared." I whisper after a moment of silence.

"I am too, honestly. I'm scared of losing you. I don't know what I would do if I did." He says, hugging me tighter.

"You will never lose me. I know for a fact that we will stay together." I assure him.

"Don't ever leave me. I will hunt you down if you ever do." He says and I let out a small chuckle.

"Of course, you will." I smiled.

"What if my situation will get someone I love hurt?" I ask. "What if my family, friends and even you get hurt because of me."

"Then I'll kill whoever hurt them." He mutters.

"Have you ever killed someone before?" I ask.

He was silent.

"What do you want to do once you finish school?" He asks, changing the topic.

I took his odd behaviour as a yes and just played along.

"I don't know. Anything of everything with you, I guess." I shrug.

"I would want to marry you. Have kids with you and grow old together." He says making me chuckle.

"That sounds...perfect. We could live by the beach in a decent sized house. We would have three adorable children running around the house." I rambled on.

"I would cook dinner every night so you don't burn down the house." He says as we chuckle. "Then, after tucking in our children, we would go to our room and cuddle as we talk about everything just like what we're doing now." He finishes, leaving me with the desire to make these thoughts come true.

"It's all I would ever ask for." I whisper.

"Then, make sure it happens. Promise me, after we graduate from university, we would still be together." He says and I nod.

"I promise." I say. "What about your gang?"

"I'm sure by that time we would have nothing to do with it." He assures.

"I love you...so much." I say.

"I love you more." He says, smugly.

"So much is better than more." I grin.

"But my Shortcake is better than anything else." He grins and kisses me on my cheek making me slightly giggle.

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A/n: okay this is by far the cheesiest chapter I have ever written.

I swear I have never fallen in love with someone (unless Shawn Mendes counts) so I don't know if this is how lovebirds act.

Anyways, love you guys!❤️